Thomas started paying attention to Ms. Goff, so he didn't appear rude for talking his way through his first class. The only reason they probably got away with the talking they were doing was because they spoke only Spanish. Emtt's accent was a little hard to place but it seed like an older vocabulary, he must have learned from soone who was from a rural area in the dialect.
At one point after Ms. Goff had given out her assignnt for the day, she began walking around the classroom and speaking to so of the struggling students. I had answered all 10 of the review questions quickly and was now just marking ti for class to end. Ms. Goff ca to the back of the room and spoke to Emtt.
"I noticed Edward didn't co today, is everything ok Emtt?"
"Yes Ms. Goff, he got a headache during lunch and was trying to tough it out during Biology, but it must have been too much for him. I will give him the assignnt at ho so he can turn it in tomorrow."
"Thank you, I hope he gets to feeling better soon." When she was done talking, she drifted back to the front of the class.
As the class was close to ending, everybody started to put their books away and wait for the last minute or two before the bell released us to the world. I looked over at Emtt, "It was good talking to you, Emtt. See you tomorrow."
Emtt gave his good-natured smile and returned the sentint. "Yeah, see you tomorrow man."
With gym class being the last on Bella's schedule I knew I wouldn't catch her before she got done and seeing as it was in the sa building as the main office she would get there before . Ready to be done with the place, I got to the office just before a girl opened the door. I grabbed it keeping it open while she stepped in and dropped a small slip of paper in a wire basket, then she turned to leave just to see holding the door for her. She hesitated for a mont but seeing I wasn't blocking the door she left quickly. I walked in and didn't pay any attention to the rush of wind when I allowed the door behind to close, I moved to stand near Bella so we could turn in our class schedules together when I noticed the bronze-haired guy Edward standing stiffly at the desk.
He turned and gave Bella a furious look before saying sothing I didn't catch to the secretary, then he stord out of the office. His attitude earned a frown from , as I really didn't like the look he directed at Bella.
Bella and I approached and turned in our signed schedule and the secretary asked, "How was your first day?" I just shrugged and said, "It's different from what I'm used to but it's ok." Bella answered with a simple, "Fine." which I could tell was a lie. I wondered if she would talk about it on the way ho or stay the silent martyr like normal.
We walked to her truck, and I could tell she was struggling with sothing. I knew better than to press her, so I waited for her to say sothing. Once we were in the truck and waiting for it to warm up a little like you have to with older vehicles, she sniffed her hair and then turned to , "Do I sll funny?"
I looked her in the eyes, "Here I thought it was that stepped in dog crap, but that sll is coming from you?" She had a horrified look on her face, and I just couldn't help laughing at her. "No Bell's, you sll like your normal self, Strawberries, and lilies. Why?"
She suddenly started hitting almost in tears. "Don't. Why You!! That. That's not FUNNY!" She punctuated each hit to my arm and chest with a word as I just laughed and squird in the truck seat. After hitting a few more tis she finally settled down and threw the truck into gear and drove us ho. "Just for that, we are having noodle sumr salad for dinner, no at!!!"
"Nooo, that's not fair..." I cried out in horror; I really should learn to cook more than just a few breakfast things, so she doesn't have this power over . "Can we run by the sporting goods store before heading ho? I need to get so gym clothes and shoes. I also wanted to look at their weight selection. The station doesn't have so of the equipnt I like.
"Point the way, we will stop by the grocery store on the way back so you can't take too long at the sports store." She told . She still had a little anger in her voice.
Newton's Olympic Outfitters leaned very heavily into the hiking and camping gear, but I managed to find a shirt and shorts for my gym class. Unfortunately, they didn't have any black sweats in my size. Shoes were very limited also as I refused to wear Nike. Once I was old enough to do my own research on the slave labor rumors and after watching crybaby basketball stars get rich of endorsents, I swore that brand off. I knew Adidas had just stepped up their push for an ethical union in Indonesia, so I was good with their running shoes. Most of the other brands in the store weren't ones I would work with if I had any other option.
I was also disappointed in their weight selection, all they had was concrete covered in plastic style. I didn't like them because they were awkward, and they took up too much room on the bar. However, I did manage to find a decent curl bar to replace the bent one at the police station. As soon as we had walked in, Bella was ambushed by a kid with short blond hair and a greasy smile. After a few monts I finally rembered he was in our governnt class, he had the feel of a generic rich kid, but I knew better than to make snap judgnts. As I checked out, I asked if they did special orders and was disappointed that any orders were limited to clothing only.
"Guess we will be making a trip out of town at so point before long," I said to Bella as we walked towards her truck. She seed very happy to have gotten away from Mark, or was it, Matt? I didn't care to rember. After grocery shopping, I requested Bella drop at the police station so I could get in my afternoon workout and told her I would ride back with Charlie.
I could tell that Bella wanted so ti to herself and she preferred working things out on her own rather than talking everything through. Maybe if she got caught up enough in her thoughts, she would forget her threat about dinner. I grabbed the new curl bar and made my way into the police station, I smiled at Geraldine the dispatcher for the station. She told to call her Gerie and had already given the rundown on all the single girls she thought I would be interested in. She even brought up a couple of girls at the reservation she knew through friends. One nad Leah was apparently hitting so major rocks in her relationship, and she thought I could be the cure. Rumor was that her boyfriend took off for a couple of weeks and refused to say where he went.
I rembered that my great-grandmother ca from the Quileute reservation back in the day. The family story was she ran off with an oriental rchant and brought sha to the Tribe, the Black family specifically as her brother was the Chief at the ti. Hmm, I guess that made part Indian. I would have to rember that when I put in for scholarships and grants. Though like all Aricans anymore, I'm just a mutt. A general mixed breed from all over the world.
After my workout, Charlie drove ho but I guess Ken called in sick today so Charlie would have to go back after dinner and spend the night at the station. I had a theory that Ken hurt his back trying to lift weights like he did in his younger days, but my only proof was so weights being moved around and his sudden illness. Bella and I assured Charlie it was no big deal as we both wanted to impact his normal routine as little as possible. That night I could hear Bella struggle to sleep as the rain and wind were a new sound to the two of us. I dread again that night, the mall, as usual. When I woke up this ti, I felt like my body had been trampled by the fleeing crowd again. The kicks hurt my body and curses I was so familiar with echoed in my mind as I lay panting and staring at the ceiling. "Welco to Tuesday Thomas" I said as I sat up.
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